US crude stocks rose 1 million barrels last week, just over half of what analysts were expecting, as a drop in refinery run rates was partly offset by a decrease in US imports, according to data released Thursday by the US Energy ...
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Platts margins reflect the difference between a crude's netback and its spot price. Netbacks are based on crude yields, which are calculated by applying Platts product price assessments to yield formulas designed by Turner, Mason & Co. ...
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NYMEX February crude settled $1.48 lower at $93.96/barrel Friday, as a large draw in stockpiles was overshadowed by a sharp drop off in product demand and rising distillate stocks. ICE February Brent settled 89 cents lower at $106.89/b. ...
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NYMEX February crude settled 87 cents lower at $98.42/barrel Tuesday in low volume, pre-New Year's holiday trade, with the rest of the complex mixed. ICE February Brent settled 41 cents lower at $110.80/b. In products, NYMEX January ULSD ...
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Taiwan's CPC and Formosa Petrochemical have both raised domestic retail prices of gasoline and diesel by T$0.50/liter ($0.020/liter) effective Monday, according to the companies' websites. The change raises both refiners' retail prices ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures dropped to a four-month low Wednesday after government data showed inventories rose more than expected last week. The Energy Information Administration said crude oil stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels, compared ...
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The front-month Brent/WTI spread narrowed Thursday to its lowest level in more than 20 months, dropping under $1/barrel as NYMEX crude broke above resistance levels on recent stock drops and an equities euphoria. The September Brent/WTI ...
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US commercial crude stocks fell 9.87 million barrels to 373.92 million barrels for the reporting week ended July 5, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. The latest decline marks the sharpest two-week draw in US crude ...
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The oil complex nudged slightly higher during light trading Tuesday. Those gains were led by NYMEX August RBOB, which settled 4.23 cents higher at $2.9260/gal. NYMEX August crude settled 39 cents higher at $103.53/barrel, while ICE August ...
Gasoline cracks have plunged in the wake of recent data from the US Energy Information Administration showing unseasonably high gasoline inventories across the country, particularly in the East Coast. The NYMEX August RBOB crack spread ...
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Commercial crude stocks in Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for the NYMEX crude contract, dropped for the third consecutive week, hitting its lowest level yet in 2013, US Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. ...
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NYMEX July crude settled $1.48 higher at $93.45/barrel Monday, largely holding to overnight gains following better-than-expected eurozone manufacturing data. Weak US manufacturing data put downward pressure on the US dollar, which ...
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US commercial crude stocks likely fell around 1.5 million barrels for the reporting week ended May 24, according to a Platts analysis and a survey of oil analysts Tuesday. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at ...
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The oil complex shrugged off largely bearish US Energy Information Administration data Wednesday as a rise in equities coupled with a technical bounce halted a four-day slide in June crude futures. NYMEX June crude rallied towards the ...
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US commercial crude stocks surged 6.696 million barrels over the week ended April 26 to hit a record high level of 395.284 million barrels, data from the Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The climb, due largely to a ...
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